[Strategerist]

Everyone refers to TWA 800 as a terror attack.

I refer to it as an accidental center fuel tank explosion, myself.

Watch who you're speaking for.

[nascarnation]

I agree
way too many people would have had to be involved to keep this quiet
as an earlier post so well stated, government leaks like a sieve
this isn't the era of the Manhattan project

[justshutupandtakeit]

How does a fuel tank explode from fuel pump wiring sparks when the wiring is outside the tank?

[bnacat]

July 3, 1988 - USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Airbus A300B between Bandar Abbas and Dubai.

July 17, 1996 - TWA 800, Boeing 747-131 "exploded" in mid-air off Long Island.

[Cruising Speed]

The most suspicious thing, imho, is that no upgrades were ordered for planes like that one--I mean according to the authorities, that plane blew up all on its own but no 'fixes' were ordered for all the other planes of the same type.

I understand that in all previous cases, all similar planes were upgraded, patched, whatever, to fix the problem.

It certainly appears to be the case that there is/was no problem with the plane's design.

[Mr. Silverback]

I refer to it as an accidental center fuel tank explosion, myself. Watch who you're speaking for.

Seconded!